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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1887-08-13

Gin nerliebter pfarrer.-
Wor einigen Sagen foute in elmer Stride
81 @an@efter bic Srauung einesB rauts
paares ftattfinben. Ser pfarr 8icar
Scr. 2ebiibam eri9ien; als er ieoo9
bic 8raut fab, f9ien er pl6Bli9 pers
tuirrt unb f~fotterte berleJen; encli1 sog
er oas Mdb1en Bel Seite unb fifterte
nit ibr eineWetle. Seine Morte f9ienen
Nnflang gu finben; bic Braut tuanbte
fi6 on ben iberraf6ten 8rdutigam uno
erfldrte runbmeg, iie babe fi6 bic Sadie
iiberlegt. fe werbe ibn ni6t beiratben.
Sie @dte soset if@ perfimmt suriid;
am nddften Sage aber erfubr Die Sc.
meinbe, bob 9ebiibam, benz bic ippige
8raut iebr gefaQen, bieier ben Mntras
aefeat babe, iie m6se lieber i'm beira.
then; CT fei Mittper unb feline 3mei
Ginber bitten BON ber Wutter elm eros
Bes 8erm6gen geerbt, beien 3infen Der
Mirtbf6aft augute fdmen. Die 8raut
NOR ebenio f6nea entI9loHen, allein
bic Bfarrtinber iinb iiber ben 6al em.
port unb baben GIage fiber bic sa1e
gefibrt. Das urtbeil i@mebt nod,
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1887-08-13

Die nd9te Nbnimmung beg Dol,
fss zines ganaen States iiber probi.
bitiuu finbet in Senne1ee itatt, unb
5war am Donneritag, 20. September.
an bieiem 9oge bat bas bortiee 8olt
iiber ben ibm bon feiner bemotratif6en
StaatsseieBgebung bprgelsgten Yrobi,
bItions3uiob gu ieiner 8eriaRung ab3u,
fiimmen. Big isbt 1T in Seunelse BON
Seiten Der @eene, Ger Prohibition bel.
nabe nod CUR nihts gef6eben wdbrenb
bte 8tpbihitionificn aud bort idon
Iarult hire gemnbhte 8~lbtigfeit 5eigen.
6ohentIid wi,O bsr GreibeiisIies in
Seras bic Srsibetts ireunbe in SenneHes
aus ibrem S9lufs uufritteln.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1887-08-13
S0nitt~ ntb Mp6e Wdarett

gu %befafen. I'm nun %unieren gorratb srn 5erren. unb
fdnell ais n,Sglid ausauoerfauen n, merben mir ol
preiSen lcsidlasen. Die Yreiie tperben bon
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1887-08-13
Mabm6e'S Sutel.

am 13. Nuguit baielbft abgeftiegen:
q. @bibsIsti, Muffin; srm, 8. aleonn,
Comfort YbiI. .. @aber, artbur Sdmibf,
Stem Orleans; 6. u. 9obnlon, 2sbuaeana
Otto @Iuft, Stem gurebo, Mer. .. &. Sueene,
9obeSile 3. u. grown, Gal; y. @. Hiup,
Centre Yoint.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1887-08-13
MitteIgegsn d meraen

vSan sic On I'd Mittel gegen bic
3abnf9merseng" Mit bieier Grase tritt
Elm Bauer in cine Wpotbete. Ser 4pos
tbefer, bieTe Graee beiobenb. brinst fos
fort cine Slai9e, nit Salmiatseift &C..
fdlt, berbei urb beranlaBt ben 6rage.
teller, beim SeHneu Der Glai6e trdftig
bineinaurie9en. Gaum 1T oies sei9es
ben, fdlt ber Bauer fat obnmd6tis gu
Bober, perbrebt bic Nugen uub gerdtb
in eonbulfbifde 3udunseu, iobaB es
ielbit Dem Germ probiior an9it purbe.
3bsiInebmeub beu9t bieier fi9 iiber ben
bermeintli6en 3abnpatienien, uno als
berieIbe iid tpieber erbolt, fragt CT i'm:
pNun, lieber Greunb, bats benn gebols
fen2" porauf bieier anttuortet: .Sas
tuees e6 mid, e6 ioa's for min 8ruber
bole."
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1887-08-13
sdamerslpie Meanltrnua.

IS berrf6t bente fein 8lpeifel mebr barber
boz, Obslei& mon oas @esentbtil friiber slaubts,
baB ar3neien, bic beftise @irfungen b~erurfa<
den, in feinsm anberen aIS in einem bofnungs.
los erfdeinenben Sale angepanbt tperben iol.
ten; In anberen @orten, bab su frdftige Mittel
ben 80rper cher f6paden cher i9doieen, als
bab ie feline llnregeImdSisfeiten be eitiscn. gu
ben fdipadenoen ar3neien sebOreu bic Mbfib.
runss> unb Sale abfibrenben WtitteI, bic bic
@ebdrme pIOtlid unb rsidlid entleeren. Bsil
CO bieS ni@t tbut, lit Sofetter'S 81 a.
aeubitterS ben beftisen Ab~fibrmitteIn
bor3uaieben. Sdmer3IoS in feinen @irfumeen
1T es bon seniisenber @%irtiainteit, dronii6e
geritopfuns gu bs1eitisen. IS etlei9tert Die
OGrme inbem IS iie traftist, unb siuinst fie
nidt, %ionbern fett fie in Stano, bic Guuftionen
ausauiibea, bic ibnen BON Der Natur suertbeilt
worben finb. SnOem es bic ablonb.runs Der
@aae in nornaIen 0uantitaten bur9 feline
eeirnbe anrsiaenbe @iriuns auf bic 2eber be.
forbert, 1T es Der SCREAMING defenders forber.
lid unb trdst in nidt serinsem @rabe baau bel,
einea reSelmdbisen Stu1lsaus gu erbalten.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1887-08-13

: Gas grobte Eager bon @emebrs
unb &epolber<p atronen unb Cullen bel
piper & S9ultbe6.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-11-22
MEAT MARKET,
GEORGE HARK,
Beef, Lamb,
Mutton, Veal,

ond to none in the State. and customers can
ways be assured of the best i'm the market. a22
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-13
Another Statue of Liberty,

A monument of liberty is to be con-
structed on one of the twin peaks which
overlook the harbor or San Francisco.
Adolph Sutro has let the contracts for
the work which is to cost between $4,000
and $4,000. The figure and pedestal
will be forty feet high. The figure will
be eighteen feet high, and will be that
of women modelled after Bartholdfs
great work in New York harbor, in this
respect, that in the right hand will be
borne aloft powerful torch inside of
which will be an electric light. In the
left hand will be the sword Of justice,
and at her feet will be the fallen figure
of Anarchy and Dcspotism endeav-
oring to pull down the hand which
grasps the sword. The whole structure
will be made of blush sandstone. The
light will be / 900 feet above the level
Of the bay, and its rays will be seen for
miles along the coast and out at sea.
The pedestal will rest in the base cut in
the solid rock of the Peak. When built,
the statue will prove of great value to
the mariner, and will be one of the noted
objects on the Pacific slope. With Bar
thodis statue in New York harbor and
this new work Of art throwing its rays
upon the bay of San Francisco, the light
of liberty will be thrown from ocean to
ocean. i Demorcst.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-13
A Dish of Scorpions.

A curious dish was prepared the other
day for British traveller in Mexico.
The attendants scrvci up an omclct,
and the servants partook very heartily
OF the dainty morsel, but the traveller
mistrusted the foo owing to certain
black PARTICLES mixed therein. Inquir-
ing as to the nature of the suspicious in
gradients, he could scarcely believe his
ears when the reply was given, ooh,
those are scorpions" and an investiga-
ton proved this to be true, the lower
order in Mexico thus utilizing the young
scorpions, which are dug out, hundreds
in nest, their sting being cut off be-
fore cooking,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-13
Coffee.

The Hollanders are the greatest cof-
fee drinkers in the world, their annual
consumption being about eighteen
pounds per head of the whole population.
Amsterdam has long been enc of the
great coffee marts of the world; and,
being admitted free Of duty, coffee is
very cheap. Next come Belgium and
Denmark, in which the consumption per
capita is about half that of Holland.
Next come the United States, in which
the consumption per capita in 1880 was
eight and eight-tenths pounds. The
present consumption of coffee in the
United States may be stated at little
over one pound per week for each fam
lily in the nation. In the use of tea and
coffee the people of England and the
United States present most remarkable
contrast. The annual consumption of
the people Of England is just about a
pound of coffee per head, or about one
eighth of that of the people of the
United States. Comparing the consnTp-
tion of tea with that of coffee, it will be
found that, while the people of the
United States use about five pounds of
coffee to one of tea. the people of Eng
land use five pounds Of tea to one of
coffee.
There are fashions in coffee, as in al
most everything. Thurbcr, in his book
on coffee, says:
"At Alden and Alexandria the Mocha
coffee is carefully picked over, and as
sorted in compliance with the singular
fashion in trade which creates demand
in Europe for the larger beans, while the
United States will have none but the
smaller ones. In point of fact, the
larger beans are the best, being fully de-
veloped, more perfect in appearance and
flavor. - Good Cheer
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-13
A Japanese Chemists Shop.

The quaint old man whose loyal ad-
herence to the customs of his ancestors
afforded me such an interesting illus
tration both Of old Japan and old Brit
ain was seller of curoyakie-i. c., car
BOMBED animals; in other words, ami
mails reduced to charcoal, and potted in
small covered Jars Of earthcnwarc, to be
sold as medicine for the sick and suffer-
ing Formerly all these animals were
kept alive in the back promises, and
customers selected the creature for them
selves, and stood by to see it killed and
burned on the spot, so that there could
bc no deception, and no doubt as to the
freshness of their charred medicine.
Doubtless some insensiblc foreign iu-
Aucnce may account for the disappear
ance of the menagcric of waiting victims
and their cremation-ground; now the
geological backyard has vanished, and
only the strange chemists shop remains,
like well-storcd museum, wherein are
ranged portions of the dried carcasscs of
dogs and deer, foxes and badgers, rats,
mice, toads and frogs, tigers and elc-
phants.
The rarer the animal, and the farther
it has Travelled, the more precious ap-
parently are its virtues. From the roof
hung fcstoons of gigantic snake c-skins,
which certainly were foreign impnrta-
tions from some land where plth pns
flourish, Japan being happily ox.mpt
from the presence of such beautiful
monsters saw one very fine piece of
a skin, which, though badly dried and
much shruuken, measured twcnty-six
inches across, but it was only fragment
ten feet in length, and was being grad
ually consumed, inch by inch, to lend
mystic virtue to compounds of many
strange ingredients. was told that the
perfect skin must have measured very
nearly fifty feet in length. l saw an
other fragment twenty-five feet long
and twelve inches wide; this also had
evidently shrunk considerably in dry
ing, and must, when in life, have been
a very fine specimen Popular Science
| Monthly
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-13
Secret of Longevity.

A little way beyond tho ancient
church at Holdcrncss is brick residence,
whose front is half hidden by one of
those monster Gins that arc the prido of
our Northern States, and beneath its
shade l saw yesterday an old man who is
passing his nincty-ffth year, sitting COM
fortably in great armchair. My wife
told me that his aunt had recently died,
aged 105; and, curious to know if there
was any especial reason for such Ion
gcvity, made inquiries. "No," said
my informant; "only they were always
out-of-doors and lived quiet life."
Yet in that single sentence lay a
greater philosophy than he dreamed of,
a sounder preccpt than he knew. To
keep out-of-doors and avoid worry is q
maxim that, if followed, would close
majority of our hospitals, which, l re-
gret to say, have a greater number of
occupants with each succeeding year.
II American Magazine.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-13
A HOllOW.E'cn Ceremony,

Everyone from Aunt Bcthiah to 12-
year-old Tom, gathered in the long hall
to try shutting the candle" A curious
little English song is chantcd by the
participants in this ceremony which
runs:
Trip it lightly Step it stately!
(How the candle winl,s and tlaresD
Hark the echoes move sedately
Up the wide old oaken stairs.
Silvdry heads and merry children
Glide in rhythmic movement slow,
Toward the wavering flame bcwild'ring;
One by one We watch them CO.
Now, with dainty hand, the maiden
Grasps her clinging, sweeping train,
Swiftly bounds good saints all aiding
AS she clears the candies flame.
Step it stately, trip il lightly,
She will live the year out brightly.
A solitary candle is placed on the
floor, over which each dancer springs,
keeping time to the measure of the tune.
AS each one makes the trial, the onook-
ers watch the fame. If it burns stcadi-
ly, the year will be one of unrufIlcd joy
and health. If it flares to the right i'll
ness may be anticipated; If to the left,
trouble of mind or business. If the
light is extinguished, it is token of
death or irremediablc sorrow and mis-
fortune during the next twelve months.
Il American Magazine.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-13
The Highest Church in Europe.

The very highest church in Europe,
according to the Bundner Tagbatt, is
the pilgrimage chapel of St. Maria do
Ziteit, above Salux, in the Canton Of
Graubunden. 1t lies 2,434 metres above
the sea level--ncarly 5000 feet high
above the forest, near the limits of per-
petual snow. 1t is only open during the
summer time of that rcgion---or, as tho
folks thcreabouts reckon, from st. John
the Baptlst's Day to ST. Michael's Day
and is used only by the Alp herds, who
remain there through the summer with
their cows and goats, and occasionally
by hunters in search of the chamois and
marmo.. All the inhabitants of Salux
climb up thither on Midsummer Day to
assist at the first mass and hear the first
sermon of the year, and there is also
crowded congregation on Michaelmas
Day, at the last service OF the year.
From time to time few stray pilgrims
from the Graubunden Oberland and the
Tyrol find their way there. The second
highest church probably in Europe, that
of Monstcin, also opea only in the sum-
mer, belongs to GgaubunIen.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-13
Jeal0usies During the Civil War.

War correspondence was often
serious task, being accomplished under
many difficulties. After any engage
ment, whether big or little, the corre-
spondents had the greatest trouble to
obtain correct information from the
forces that took part in it. During the
first year, and more, Of the conflict,
many minor officers Of the regular army
despised tho volunteers, and few took
pains to conceal their feeling. They
seemed unwilling give them any credit
and the same injustice prevailed to a
certain degree among the volunteer COM
mands. When we inquire, therefore, of a
brigade or division as to the part they
had taken In battle, they would, if they
had participated at all, be likely to ap-
propriate most of the credit themselves.
Then questioning some other brigade or
division, they would declare the honors
of the day belonged to them, and would
deny the truth Of the previous report
specifically and emphatically Thus, an
Ohio brigade would assume to have
done everything and to have saved an
Indiana brigade from being cut to
pieces; while an Indiana brigade would
make the same assumption for them
selves and disparage the troops of the
neighboring state. The same was true
of Iowa and Wisconsin, of Michigan and
Minnesota troops. Each command had
turned the tide of strife and covered it
self with glory, so that there was very
little left for the remand ler of the army
to achieve. The West Pointers had no
faith in the volunteers, come from where
they might. They not infrequcntly dis
puted their courage; and when they did
not, they proclaimed their incompetency.
War was al art, science; how could
novices be expected to acquire it with
out study and experienced
Regulars and volunteers corrected in
time this vicious habit. With their in
crease of military knowledge, they be-
came more intelligent and more tolerant;
they understood themselves and Others
better. In truth, the first two years
were little else than series of expert
ments; they served as sort of training
school for learning the trade of war
| [Lippincott's Magazine.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-13

in the eyes of this country-server clearly
was time for silence.

in the eyes OF this country-server clearly
was time for silence,
So Juanita was tried; but the trial
was a sad, one-sided affair, in which
there was total absence of that love
for fair play SO Characteristic
of the American miner. No one dared
to say word for her; for a moment
the men of that region seemed inspired
by Satan to the doing of his internal
will. When tho verdict was formally
declared Juanita gave quiet little
laugh, as if to say, How drolll These
great American men think in this aping
Of ancient forms they have given their
prisoner a trial. Juanita made her will,
verbally, in the four hours allowed her
before execution, arranged her affairs,
and gave her few effects away. During
it all her courage carried her far beyond
the usual stolid fortitude of her race.
At time when men tremble and pray,
she was her natural self, neither gay nor
sad. She was as far from looking light
ly on the matter as from giving way to
senseless sorrow. Near at hand bridge
spanned the Yuba. Its builder had left
two uprights, near its middle, with a
beam across, as if for the express pur-
pose of hanging. 1t was just the place
for the occasion, and Juanita walked
down to the bridge with light, elastic
step, surrounded by her friends, chatting
quietly with them on the way. She
shook hands with them all, but not a
tear nor tremor was visible. She
mounted step-ladder to a scantling
that had been tied for her to stand
upon. She took from her head mans
hat that had kindly been placed there
by some friend, and SHE'D it with un-
erring accuracyto its owner, smiling her
thanks. Then, with quick dexterity,
she twisted up her long black tresscs,
smoothed her dress, plac ed the moose
over her head, and arranged the rope
carefully. And finally lifted her hands,
which she had refused to have tied,
exclaimed, 'Adios senores!" and the
fatal signal was given. - Chicago Trib'
une.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-13
HUMOROUS.

The harder base ball club works the
more it plays.
In its old age every comb lose, its
teeth and hair.
A lazy man is always equal to the ex-
eytion of eating.
If man blows his own trumpet, can
his opinions be sound9
The new dynamite gun is determined
to make q noise in tho world.
1t takes nine taiors to make a man,
but one tailor can make dude.
The toy balloon makers business be-
ing greatly inflated has an upward tend
ency.
Women are said to give back talk, but
do not men do the same when they crit
icise the modern bustle2
A man may be able to paint a town
red from end to end, and yet possess
none of the cardinal virtues.
"How it all comes back to mel"
dramatically exclaims the poet, opening
a thick parcel of rejected verses.
A writer says the green apple was
never known to do any one any good.
The doctor could probably tell a differ
ent story.
There are $4,000, 900 acres of corn
planted in this country, and about that
number of corn achers on the feet of Its
inhabitants.
The men who have walked barefooted
over the burning sand of the desert al
ways know all about the times that
tried mems soles."
"Does your wife play the piano" Il
am sorry to say she doesn't" "Does
she play any musical instrument"
! "None whatever" -"Hey. That's rare
accomplishment"
A poet sent to an editor a contribu.
ton entitled, "Why do live7 The edi-
tor answered: because you sent your
contributions by mail instead of bring
ing them in person."
An enthusiastic editor wrote The
battle is now opened" But, alas the
intelligent composito7 spelled "battle"
with an 'o," and his readers said they
had suspected it all along.
Bobby was inspecting the new baby
for the first time, and his dictum
was as follows: II s'pose it's nice enough
what there is of it" he said, without en-.
thusiasm: "but I'm sorry it amt par
rot"
First masher--'I say, Jack, such a lot
OF jolly girls smiled at me as 1 camc
down the Parade" Second masher-
"No wonder, my boy; your necktie has
got right round the other side OF your
ear"
1t is said that at least 45e, 900 meteors
fall from the heavens and strike the
earth every hour during the year; aud
yet when man goes home with dam
aged hat, and tells his wife that he was
struck by meteor, she will not believe
him.
Why seems the young poet so weary and
sad!
Existing under constant restraint
What is it that shuts out every thought that
is glad,
Is it genius or liver complaint
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-13
Rapid Transit in Central America

Thousands of ox-carts are still en-
ploycd between the towns of Esparaz
and Alajuela the termini of the Costa
Rica railway, carrying freight over the
mountains, and it usually takes week
for them to make the journey of thirty
five miles, often longer, for on religious
festivals, which occur with surprising
frequency, all the transportation busi-
ness is suspended. A traveller who in
tends to take steamer at Punta Arenas
must send his baggage on week in
advance. He leaves the train at
Atenas, where he spends the night.
The next morning at daybreak he re-
sumcs his journey and rides fifteen miles
to San Mateo, breakfasts at II o'clock,
takes his siesta in hammock until or
in the afternoon, then mounting his
mule again, covers the ten miles to
Esparaz by sunset, where he dimes and
spends the night usually remaining
there to avoid the heat of Punta Arenas,
until a few hours before the steamer
leaves. Harper's Magazine.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-13
Quality Not OuantitY.

''Do you KNOW" said the chemist,
"that some people believe that this ther-
mometer gives us measure Of the guam
tity of heath The name itself would in
dicate that the originatoss of it believed
it did some such thing The fact is,
a thermometer doesn't give the slightest
information about the amount Of heat.
Say you have two one-gallon kettles
filed with boiling water The ther-
mometer marks 212 degrees in each.
Now, put them together. The mixture
contains twice the quantity of heat that
either gallon alone contained, and yet
the thermometer does not vary, but still
marks 212 degrees. The thermometer
only gives the quality of the heat" -
Indianapolis Journal
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-13
PRICE THREE CENTS.
The Voice Of the Wind.


Who hath an eye to find me,
Who hath chain to bind met
NY haunts are earths fair forests, fields and
seas.
blur the pictured dreams Of sleeping
fountains,
Or send my voice along her piney noun
tains,
Hither and thither going where please.
Men see not, but they hear me,
They love me, yet they fear me.
For ne'er spirit had such changing moods,
From waiting heavenward the white-
winged ships
Der waters calm as lakes, seize my
whips
And drive the tempests from the solitudea
Who hath an eye to find mel
Who hath chain to bind mo,
The vagrant roamer Of the homeless sky.
Before the hoary mountains were, lived,
For ages murmering through their pines
have grieved
That alone of all things ne'er shall die
j. P. Ritter, Jr.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-13

A little six-year-old granddaughter of
well-known New England clergyman,
in doubling statement by her uncle
that the moon is made of green cheese,
was advised by tho divine to ascertain
for herself. "How can I, grandpa2"
"Get your Bible and see what it says"
where shall begin'' 'Begin at the
beginning" The child sat down 70
read the Bible. Before she had got
half through the second chapter of
Genesis and had read about the creation
of the stars and the animals, she came
back to her grandfather, her eyes all
bright with the excitement of discovery.
II have found it grandpa! 1t isn't true,
for God made the moon before He made
any cows."-- Troy Times.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-13
The Idler.

Parent-"Who is the LATEST boy in
your class, Johnny?'
Johnny-''I dunno"
81 should think you would know.
When all the others are industriously
writing or studying their lessons who is
he who sits idly in his seat and watches
the rest instead of working himselff'
''The teacher. y Texas Siltings.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-13
A Great Mind.

Mr.. Yeast-Your wife is literary, is
she notl
Mr.. Crimsonbeak-oh, yes; she's got
enc of the greatest minds ever saw.
is that a fact2'
Eyes. indeed; she's given me a piece
of it every day for the past twenty
gears, and ! guess she's got large
stock on hand vet. Statesman.